Teaneck, circa 2017, stands as the epicenter of a Bergen County Orthodox community that has seen unprecedented growth in recent years, both in population and influence.

It wasn’t necessarily supposed to be that way.

Back in 2002, I participated in the

In a time before social media, libel attorneys often advised newspaper editors that the place where libel happens most often is not on the news or features pages. Instead, we were warned that the letters to the editor page was a breeding ground for falsehoods.

That is why most credible newspaper

I’m extremely disappointed with Senator Cory Booker. The man who ran and was elected on a supposedly pro-Israel platform, who received an unprecedented amount of donations from pro-Israel voters, seems to be missing no opportunity to vote with the growing anti-Israel faction of his party. Last week, he did just the same. His

Rabbi Daniel Alter wrote an interesting and intriguing article (September 7, 2017), analyzing what he called the “The Bergen County Moment,” with Teaneck at its epicenter. By introduction, he posed the following question: “How did Teaneck [and Bergen County] come such a long way…?” As a resident of Teaneck for 40 plus

As far back as my earliest memories, I can remember spending summer vacations not at the beach or the mountains. My parents’ hobby in the 1950s, 60s and 70s was studying the Civil War. Our postcards to friends and family came from places named Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Shiloh, Appomattox, Fredericksburg and

As a 20-year-old Modern Orthodox Englewood resident, my life has been spent in the so-called “Jewish bubble.” My early education was spent at The Moriah School, followed by The Frisch School, and the bubble sheltered me from the realities of anti-Semitism. Sure, I had heard about anti-Semitic current events, but they never hit

The month of Av got off to an unpleasant start last week with a petition circulating online to “Protect the Quality of Our Community in Mahwah,” a New Jersey town, barely 15 miles from my home in Bergenfield. The petition calls on the local electric company to “remove all eruvs from our Township and revoke all permissions for

This is a piece that I never should have had to write.

I had hoped to deliver these at last night’s Township of Mahwah regularly scheduled public workshop session.

The issue on everyone’s mind was the controversy surrounding the issue of the eruv

This is a piece that I never should have had to write.

I had hoped to deliver these at last night’s Township of Mahwah regularly scheduled public workshop session.

The issue on everyone’s mind was the

Non-Orthodox Jews are angry about the Israeli government’s decision to go back on its word about a new egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet have much to answer for a move that highly damages Jewish unity and undermines support for Israel in the U.S.